Blackpool manager Neil Critchley insists the Seasiders are poised to capitalise on any League One slip-ups following a 1-0 win over their relegation-threatened local rivals Fleetwood.
The Seasiders snatched Fylde Coast derby bragging rights thanks to Jake Beesley’s first-half header at Bloomfield Road.
Jay Lynch kept Fleetwood in the game with his superb save from Shayne Lavery’s penalty in the 77th minute.
Victory marked Blackpool’s first win over the Cod Army since December 2020 as they closed the gap between themselves and the play-off spots to three points.
Critchley said: “It’s a big win for us for a lot of reasons. We know how much this fixture means to the fans.
“We knew [to reach the play-offs] that we would probably have to win all four of our remaining matches and that’s the first one out of the way.
“It’s out of our hands at the moment and our aim going into each game is to win and get three points. If we can do that then we can hopefully capitalise on any slip-ups from the teams above us.”
The Blackpool boss defended Lavery for his penalty miss and switched the focus to their next clash against Carlisle at the weekend.
“Look, everybody misses penalties,” he said. “Nobody misses them on purpose. Shayne, unfortunately, missed his. But thankfully it didn’t come back to cost us.
“Derbies are always intense, scrappy affairs. They’re nervy. We’re pleased to get the three points and we move onto Saturday now.
“All we can do is focus on ourselves.”
Fleetwood’s Tommy Lonergan thought he had found a crucial equaliser at the death but celebrations were cut short when his goal was ruled offside.
Manager Charlie Adam stood firm that his side will not give with Fleetwood six points off safety with just four games remaining.
He said: “It’s a disappointing result and we’re disappointed we’ve come away with nothing.
“We came here with a game plan and I thought we stuck to that very well. It’s a game that we came into thinking we could win.
“I’m proud of them, really proud of them. I’m proud that they have come here and shown some personality.
“I said to them before the game that we needed personality and bravery on the ball and they’ve shown that.
“They fought for this jersey, fought for this football club right until the very end and sadly it wasn’t to be tonight.
“It will be the same Saturday and it will be the same for the last four games, we won’t give in.
“We will be here until the end and we will keep fighting. There is absolutely no doubt about that.”
Charlton boss Nathan Jones was disappointed with his side’s defensive work in Tuesday night’s 2-2 League One draw with Wigan.
The Addicks had gone ahead in the 20th minute when Wigan captain Charlie Hughes sliced a long ball from Macaulay Gillesphey into his own net.
But Charlton’s soft underbelly was on show again just after the hour mark, when two goals in four minutes from Charlie Kelman turned the game around.
Chuks Aneke was able to rescue a point, but only Carlisle have fewer League One clean sheets than Charlton.
“This team hasn’t kept many clean sheets,” he said. “There’s been three managers now and no one’s kept clean sheets, me included.
“That’s something that we need to address and we’ve got to be better at because I don’t want us to have to score three goals at home to win a football game,” he continued.
“It’s either work or personnel. We’ll do lots of work and if the work doesn’t do it then we’ll change personnel.”
The Charlton boss was also disappointed with his team’s finishing.
“We created enough to have punished them tonight,” he said. “If that’s 4-2 or 5-2 then no one’s moaning, no one’s saying ‘we’ve got lucky there’.
“We’ve had 20 shots tonight. We’ve had double their shots, double their shots on target. It shows that we’ve had a right go tonight. The fans want three points but they’ve seen a team that’s proper front-footed tonight.
“But when you don’t put them away, then it’s a 2-2 game – and that wasn’t a 2-2 game.”
Shaun Maloney could have been forgiven for having his mind on other matters, given that his wife gave birth to their daughter on Monday.
“I just about made it here today, so it wasn’t the normal preparation,” said the Wigan manager.
“We knew this was obviously coming at some point and I thought the staff did a really good job today and yesterday. All of them.
“I just want to thank the senior players. They really stepped up today.”
It was a spirited performance from the Latics, who had to suffer but came out with a point. Maloney was pleased with the second half in particular.
“We were under real big pressure,” he said. “We’re 1-0 down, the first five minutes were really difficult. To then play the way that we did, I really liked.”
Maloney was full of praise for the man who turned the game around.
He added: “He’s had to be patient, Charlie. It’s tough. I’m a really big fan of his.
“I think there’s loads more to come. Physically, in the first two or three weeks he got up to speed. I just really like his movement. I love him out of possession. He knows what I think of him.
“Tonight was really big for him.”
Ruben Selles praised Reading’s character after they moved nine points clear of the League One relegation zone thanks to a comfortable 2-0 win over Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium.
Selles was all smiles after striker Sam Smith put the visitors in command after eight minutes with a close-range header before Lewis Wing doubled the lead just before half-time with a stunning 25-yard free-kick.
“It takes a lot of character to win in the circumstances where we are fighting against relegation,” Selles said.
“We did a really good job to get the three points and we hope that with this result and the coming performances we will have done enough to stay in the league.
“But I think this season for Reading is never done until the final whistle – and maybe after that – but we can only control what happens on the pitch until then.
“We are just thinking about getting as many points as possible because we never know what might happen, but hopefully nothing else will happen with processes.”
Selles added: “We have been talking about how the team has been growing and maturing and today we did the job in the first half and then you could not expect us to dominate for the 100 minutes.
“They had good players to send on at half-time and they made it difficult for us over a period of 15-20 minutes but after that we regained control and we finished strongly.
“We enjoyed the victory and we enjoyed celebrating with our fans because we go all in and they enjoy that.
“Sometimes we don’t get what we want and sometimes we do but there is no doubt we go all in every single time we play.
“The way we do things is exciting for the fans and the way we play is good for the fans and the way we have connected is great.”
While Reading fans celebrated victory, Rovers fans booed their side at the final whistle following a record-extending seventh game without a goal
Manager Matt Taylor said he understood their frustration but asked for the poor run to be seen in context.
“It is understandable because they don’t like what they see at the moment but they are not alone in that,” Taylor said.
“As the manager I have to find a way to make the team function better than we did tonight.
“Moments in the game just dictate everything and certainly the weakness within us to concede that first goal in the manner we did is so frustrating.
“And then they were on top of us because they understand the situation and they don’t like what they see.
“But there is a deeper story. We all know the elephant in the room as regards where players are going to be towards next season.
“But there are still four games left this season so there is enough to play for to show their pride because the supporters want to see fight and endeavour.
“They probably saw that at the start of the second half, which is close to what I want to see out on the pitch, but they didn’t like the way it derailed towards the end.”
Harry Kane knew it was not just Bayern Munich fans who wanted him to score on his return to north London in the Champions League quarter-final first leg against Arsenal.
Tottenham’s record scorer was back at the Emirates Stadium for the first time since leaving Spurs in the summer and scored his customary goal when he converted a first-half penalty to put the German side 2-1 up before half-time.
Kane kept his cool after Leroy Sane had been fouled not long after Serge Gnabry had cancelled out Bukayo Saka’s early opener.
No opposition player has scored more goals at the Emirates than Kane, who scored plenty of penalties for Spurs over the years and he knew his old fans would have been watching.
“I think they have a soft respect for me,” he said of Arsenal fans who were goading him during his interview on TNT Sports.
“I know there wasn’t just Bayern Munich fans watching this game tonight, so maybe there was a little bit more pressure. It is always a tough game.
“I have done a bit of research of the penalties against Porto, he (David Raya) was reading it into the corners early so I had to change my style a little bit.
“It was nice to see him go early and make it easy for me.”
Leandro Trossard’s second-half strike ensured it ended 2-2 and leaves it finely poised for next week’s second leg in Munich.
Kane said: “You have seen it over the last couple of years, probably my last season at Tottenham, they were really strong and had a good go at winning the league.
“They are a really good team, we changed how we defended without the ball. More of a 4-4-2 and had to work and dig deep.
“We know we are playing a top team and they are on top of Premier League for a reason. Tough game.”
The Champions League represents Kane’s only real chance of silverware in his debut season in Munich following his side’s capitulation in the Bundesliga title race.
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Despite their poor league campaign, Kane has loved his debut season in Germany, where he has scored 39 goals in 38 matches.
He added: “It’s been an amazing experience, of course the league hasn’t gone the way I or the club would have wanted it to go, but for me personally it has been an amazing experience.
“To see a different culture, to see a different league, it has been a great step in my career.
“The league has gone this year but I am at Munich for a long time and I know we will come back stronger.”
Ryan Lowe said substitute Milutin Osmajic showed “pure class” as his eight-minute hat-trick completed Preston’s comeback in a 4-1 win over Huddersfield that keeps their Championship play-off hopes alive.
Relegation-battling Huddersfield were the better side in the first half and led through Josh Koroma’s strike four minutes before the break, but Will Keane levelled from the penalty spot early in the second half before Osmajic’s stunning cameo.
The Montenegrin put Preston in front in the 84th minute before scoring again in the 87th minute and the first minute of stoppage time.
“It’s just pure class and he’s got that in him,” Lowe said of the summer signing from Cadiz. “It’s been tough for him, he’s been in and out of the team at certain times…That’s his real hunger and desire to perform for the football club and for his team-mates and he takes all the credit for that.”
There had been a very different mood at half-time, with boos greeting the referee’s whistle as Preston were in danger of letting a top-six finish get out of reach.
“The first half wasn’t us, we weren’t at the races,” Lowe said. “We got them in at half-time and told them they need to be better. I had faith the lads could come out and perform. We changed one or two things, gave them a bit of information and told them they needed to raise it 20 per cent.
“The penalty gave us a bit of a life line to get back in and then there was only one team going to win it.”
The win leaves Preston five points off sixth-placed Norwich, who visit Deepdale on Saturday.
“It’s massively important,” Lowe said of the game. “I’m not going to play it down. Who knows? It might be the biggest one so far. It’s out of our hands what other teams do points-wise. I just want us to stay in the mix. If we can keep climbing up, with five games to go, who knows?”
Huddersfield boss Andre Breitenreiter was left to rue the chances that got away in a strong first half, and said the way his side defended after the break was “not acceptable”.
“When you defend like we did in the second half you cannot get some points,” the German said. “It was terrible, it was poor, too many ball losses.
“We played a really good first half but we missed the final pass to score more goals, we had really good opportunities to score two or three goals and we didn’t do that…
“I cannot tell you my opinion (on the penalty decision) because I didn’t see the clip. But the goal changed everything. Then we have to speak about our own performance and the performance was not good enough.
“After 1-1 there were too many ball losses, we didn’t play as a team, we had bad body language. It was a different game and it was not acceptable for me.”
Richie Wellens blamed his side’s lack of experience after his Leyton Orient side, who finished with 10 men, drew 2-2 with Exeter at Brisbane Road.
Orient were holding a comfortable two-goal lead with Ollie O’Neill and substitute George Moncur on the scoresheet.
But the context of the game changed when Brandon Cooper was forced off with injury during the second half leaving Orient, who had already used all their substitutes, to battle out the final 20 minutes a man down.
Orient were then penned in and around their own penalty area and the Grecians finally broke through a resilient rearguard action with a Millenic Alli header before Will Aimson got the final touch to Tommy Carroll’s shot to salvage a point.
“I thought it wasn’t a great game in terms of quality,” said Wellens.
“Both teams gave too many turnovers, especially us. When we go into a 2-0 lead and down to 10 men, it’s a problem. But it should only be a small problem and we just lacked experience.
“The schedule and the amount of extra time we’ve played is hard for everyone and I think every single club have lost a lot more players this season. For us, losing another two players to injury tonight was not ideal. We always wanted to give Dan Agyei half an hour but losing two players made us run the risk with substitutions.
“We’ve got certain players out of contract and some players are not improving, so we’ve got some decisions to make in the summer.
“The game tonight was comfortable for us but the injuries and the lack of bodies we had before tonight was severe. But it’s extreme now, we’ll have a patched-up team for Derby on Saturday.”
Exeter boss Gary Caldwell admitted it was a hard-earned point.
“We had to work extremely hard for the point to come back from behind,” he acknowledged.
“I thought the first half was fairly even. We started the game well but then Orient came back into it. I wanted a bit more intensity and I thought we got that second half.
“The two goals we gave away were extremely poor from our point of view and they didn’t create many chances outside of them.
“Late on I thought we created enough chances to win the game, so it was great fight and spirit from us to keep the unbeaten run going. It’s another point on the board but we wanted more so we now need to look at the remaining three games to see what we can take out of them.
“We put a lot of balls into their box and it was a backheel I think from our centre-half Will Aimson for the equaliser from a brilliant short corner, but at that moment we were creating lots of opportunities.
“But to be 2-0 down and come back, I’m delighted.”
Plymouth director of football Neil Dewsnip praised his side for their “never say die” attitude after claiming a late leveller in a 1-1 Championship draw with relegation-rivals QPR.
Albert Adomah scored an 85th-minute own goal as Argyle piled on the pressure from a later corner after Sam Field had fired Rangers into a 73rd-minute lead following a goalmouth scramble in which home goalkeeper Michael Cooper made two incredible saves.
Dewsnip said: “When QPR scored, the team had to show incredible resilience. ‘Never say die’ is a part of the culture here. The team were superb and the fans fantastic.”
Managerless Argyle slipped to 20th as a result to sit just two points above the relegation zone, but Dewsnip said: “We see it as a point gained at home not an opportunity missed as that’s now four points in two games.
“It means momentum is changing and we go again on Friday. I like to look forward so hopefully we will score more than one on Friday.
“We will look forward rather than backwards. I see the point as a positive point, we are going the right direction again.
“Michael (Cooper) has been injured but he is getting sharper game by game and made some superb saves again tonight, as he did at Rotherham.
“All the players were superb tonight. Michael had a fantastic game, Adam Randell did, Dan Scarr, Lewis Gibson but I could go on and on and name every one of them because I thought they all played their part in a tremendous performance.
“Friday night against Leicester is huge. The players will recover now and then we all go again on Friday.”
QPR head coach Marti Cifuentes – whose side hover four points above the bottom three – said: “It was disappointing not to win as we did enough to win the game. We needed to score a second (goal).
“That’s always going to be the target at 1-0. We not only created chances to win the game but enough to close the game out.
“I have mentioned this not once, not twice that unfortunately, it’s something we have experienced many times this season.
“And then you know if the opposition get a half-chance in this type of situation they will score and that’s exactly what happened.
“For us today it was important for us to react in a strong way after losing and I am delighted to say that’s what we did.
“After we scored we kept pushing hard for a second and I know if we carry on playing this way we are going to win football matches.
“I don’t usually look at the table. Tonight it was about the last five games.
“Now we have four games left and I want to win all of them. We need to keep on pushing, we need more points.
“Our focus is on the next game and we know that Hull will be difficult because they are chasing the play-offs but there are no easy games in this division.
“We have to make sure that collectively we recover from this one and be well prepared to go again.”
Neill Collins is confident play-off chasing Barnsley can overcome their recent struggles after a 2-1 defeat to Stevenage leaves them looking over their shoulder at a crucial time in the season.
Goals from Jamie Reid and Dan Butler either side of the break earned Boro victory and they now sit within three points of sixth-placed Oxford, albeit having played a game more.
Barnsley, who had taken the lead through Adam Phillips’ 30th-minute strike, are precariously in fifth having taken just eight points from their last eight games, hitting a difficult patch of form at a crucial stage.
But Collins assured supporters it is only a matter of small margins to get them back on track.
He said: “People might make more of it than it is. We are disappointed with some of the recent results but I don’t think it will take a lot to turn it around.
“This is the first time we have lost two consecutive games since the third and fourth game of the season. The players have been really resilient and it was going to be tough tonight.
“There is no getting away that the recent run of results we have had, especially with the fixtures we have had, it’s not been good enough.
“I think we have been very consistent prior to that and I think we will get that back. At times we have been victims of our own mistakes but I think we need to not blow everything about proportion.
“We need to concentrate on getting the small margins back in our favour because I think that’s all it is.”
Victory for Stevenage brought an eight-game winless streak to an end. And with Steve Evans’ side playing Oxford next and the U’s also playing seventh-placed Lincoln, he believes Boro are still in with a chance of breaking back into the play-off spots.
He said: “Not often do I say that I’m prepared to lose, but I’m prepared to lose in a major way to try and win.
“The players just knew the mission for tonight was to get the three points and they got them and have gone in quietly. We will regroup and freshen up for Saturday.
“We have to win every game. We have been on the wrong end of some tough stuff and I said to them at half-time we can play eight up front tonight because that will be the way it will be.
“The managers that fail at this level continuously are not prepared to lose, but you have to be prepared to lose to win games.
“Neil Harris and Neil Warnock are specialists at it because in their heart they try to win and that is in me.”
Darrell Clarke admitted his Cheltenham side are “falling at the last hurdle” in their survival bid after they went down 1-0 at home to already-relegated Carlisle.
Sam Lavelle’s first-half goal was enough to seal the points for the Cumbrians, whose fate was sealed by a 2-0 defeat at Northampton last Saturday.
Cheltenham knew a win would lift them out of the bottom four for the first time since mid-August, but they came up short and Clarke admitted he is scratching his head over the performance.
“I am very disappointed with our performance and with the whole night,” Clarke said.
“Yet again, after a poor first half, I am searching for answers and I am not coming up with the right solutions at the minute.
“The group is lacking a bit of confidence, but it’s no excuse and I’ll take responsibility as manager.
“We are falling at the last hurdle as things stand, and that’s not acceptable after working so hard to give ourselves a platform to stay in this division.
“I have to get better, the group has to get better as well and we have to give our supporters a lift come 3pm on Saturday (at home to Bristol Rovers).”
Carlisle were the better side during a cagey first half.
Joe Nuttall missed a good opportunity to give Cheltenham the lead in the sixth minute, side-footing wide after Liam Sercombe’s pass.
Georgie Kelly saw a shot saved by Luke Southwood at the other end and Luke Armstrong fired wide of the near post.
Jack Armer blasted over the bar for the Cumbrians, but the deadlock was broken three minutes before half-time.
Jack Robinson’s corner was headed back across goal by Ben Barclay and Lavelle touched it in from close range.
Cheltenham sent on four substitutes at half-time and changed formation, resulting in some early pressure on the visitors’ goal.
But goalkeeper Harry Lewis was rarely troubled and Southwood had to fly at full stretch to keep out a looping effort from Jon Mellish in the 77th minute.
Carlisle boss Paul Simpson was pleased with his side’s attitude.
“It was one of those games where we had to roll our sleeves up, put our tin hats on and defend for our lives and that’s what we did,” he said.
“I was really pleased with so many things in what has been a tough time for us.
“It was a good goal and then we had to hang on because Cheltenham are fighting for their lives.
“It’s a good result and makes the journey home more enjoyable. I’m still adamant I want the players to do something now at home for our fans as they’ve been starved of a good 90 minutes. We now have two home games to do that.
“It’s been really painful what we’ve been through this year, but the truth is we just haven’t been good enough.
“I think the players who are still here next year will be better for the experience.”
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta believes his side can still beat Bayern Munich after admitting they were below-par in Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final first-leg draw.
Leandro Trossard’s late equaliser made it 2-2 at the Emirates after goals from former Gunner Serge Gnabry and ex-Tottenham striker Harry Kane overturned Bukayo Saka’s early opener.
That means it is all to play for in Munich next week and Arteta said on TNT Sports: “I have a lot of belief we can go there and beat them. We have to prepare really well.
“We scored a really good goal and then after that is the moment of the game when Ben (White) is in front of (Manuel) Neuer and if we make it 2-0 it would be a very different match.
“After that the ball is open, we gave it to the opponent and they scored. That created some uncertainty.
“The second goal as well is unusual for us to concede but this is the Champions League, if you make a mistake you get punished.
“A lot of things today we have not done to the standards we usually do and that has allowed them spaces to run and they are very dangerous.
“The Champions League, if you give something they take it.”
Arsenal felt they should have been awarded a penalty in the final moments when Saka looked to have been fouled by Neuer but the referee waved away protests and VAR confirmed the decision.
Arteta said: “(The referee) didn’t say anything. They said they checked it and they decided it wasn’t a penalty.”
Russell Martin was glad Southampton “released the tension” by beating Coventry 2-1 to end a three-game winless run.
Saints’ automatic promotion dreams all but went up in smoke after draws against Middlesbrough and Blackburn sandwiched a last-gasp defeat to rivals Ipswich – leaving them nine points adrift of the top two.
Che Adams netted twice to see them past Coventry and restart the momentum towards a likely play-off finale to the season.
Saints boss Martin said: “That will release a lot of tension. First half we played so well, it was the opposite of Saturday [against Blackburn].
“There was some brilliant football and we should maybe have scored another goal as we created a lot.
“I should have changed things a bit earlier when players were getting tired but conceding in that moment was a bit disappointing – and Stu Armstrong apologised for not being where he needed to be.
“We should kill the game off and there was a bit of tension, but we showed resilience and character and I’m proud of the boys.
“It was a big response. I said to them that I didn’t want to get questioned about the mentality of the group, I think they showed spirit and character in abundance tonight.”
Adams is claiming Saints’ opener after the Scotland international got in the way of Kyle Walker-Peters’ 25-yard effort to divert past Bradley Collins.
There was no doubt about the identity of the second, Adams bundling home a corner.
Coventry defender Jake Bidwell calmly slotted in his first goal since January 2023 to set up a nervy ending for the home side but the Sky Blues will bemoan Haji Wright’s 10th-minute penalty miss after the forward slipped as he attempted to convert.
Mark Robins said: “It would it have been a different story had he not slipped for the penalty, but it wouldn’t have been a different story in the first half as we didn’t compete. We didn’t arrive until half-time.
“[Wright’s] absolutely fine. He’s there to take a penalty and he’s a really good penalty taker. It is just unfortunate that he had a slip.
“We needed to decide whether we want to be challengers tonight, and first half we decided we weren’t going to be.
“The penalty miss obviously has an impact. If we score that then the crowd is edgy and that would have given us a foothold.
“We didn’t lay a glove on them for the other 45 minutes. That is what cost us the game.
“There was enough in the second half but in the first half we shot ourselves in the foot.
“It isn’t about anyone else, it is just about us and our results. We can’t look at anyone else, we can’t do anything about it. But what we can do is not play how we did in the first half.”
Leicester boss Enzo Maresca expects plenty more twists in the Championship promotion race.
The Foxes suffered a wobble in their bid for an instant return to the Premier League after a stunning Ryan Longman strike condemned them to a 1-0 defeat at struggling Millwall.
Back-to-back wins had reignited their promotion bid and lifted them back to the top of the pile.
But, while Leeds could only pick up a point at home to Sunderland and stay second, third-placed Ipswich can climb above both if they beat Watford on Wednesday.
“It was a tough night, in the first half we struggled on the ball, we were not clean,” said Maresca.
“They defended very well. We expected in the second half to find more space but they scored a fantastic goal.
“Now is not the time to think too much. Tonight is gone.
“The last games are more or less similar for all the teams. Clubs are trying to survive or go up, the intensity is higher. It’s a problem for us, but for every club.
“If you watch the table yesterday, and tonight, and in two days, you’d go crazy. We have to go game by game.”
The goal arrived on the hour after Wout Faes lost the ball in midfield and Billy Mitchell sent Longman scampering away down the left.
The on-loan Hull winger cut inside Harry Winks before curling a spectacular 25-yard effort past Foxes goalkeeper Mads Hermansen and in off the underside of the crossbar.
Kelechi Iheanacho had the chance to rescue a point in stoppage time but his header was cleared from under the crossbar by Mitchell.
The Lions were in need of the points for different reasons and battled to a first win in five matches to go four points clear of the relegation zone.
Lions boss Neil Harris said: “Firstly, it’s so Millwall-like to lose to Rotherham and Huddersfield, both in the last minute, and then beat the league leaders.
“That’s what this club does. Not just this group. The last 30 years of Millwall Football Club.
“We scored a goal that would win any game at this level. I thought it was an excellent Millwall performance. To play against arguably the best team in the league and limit them to very little was so impressive.
“We’re moving in the right direction. What I’m seeing in the group is a lot of positives.”
Leicester missed the chance to go four points clear at the top of the Championship after a 1-0 loss at Millwall.
Ryan Longman’s brilliant top corner finish was the difference for the Lions, who climbed into 17th.
Leicester stayed one point clear at the summit after Leeds moved into second following a goalless draw against Sunderland.
Substitute Milutin Osmajic bagged a quickfire hat-trick as Preston completed an incredible second-half comeback to beat relegation-threatened Huddersfield 4-1.
Josh Koroma handed the Terriers the lead in the 42nd minute, but Preston equalised when Will Keane levelled from the penalty spot.
Osmajic starred from the bench in the final stages, striking twice in three minutes before completing his treble in the second minute of stoppage time to snatch three points and leave Town outside the bottom three on goal difference.
Sheffield Wednesday scored two late goals to salvage a crucial point in their relegation battle after a 2-2 draw against Norwich.
The visitors struck quickly in the opening stages with Josh Sargent putting the Canaries ahead in the 11th minute before Borja Sainz doubled the advantage five minutes later.
However, Wednesday turned the game around in the final 15 minutes with Michael Ihiekwe pulling one back before Michael Smith levelled in the 85th minute to leave them alongside Huddersfield.
Fourth-placed Southampton continued their play-off push with a 2-1 win against Coventry.
Haji Wright missed a penalty for the Sky Blues in the 10th minute and Southampton struck just eight minutes later through Kyle Walker-Peters.
Che Adams doubled the lead just before the break before Jake Bidwell pulled one back for Coventry, who remain just outside the play-off places.
Plymouth earned a valuable point after drawing 1-1 with QPR.
Sam Field put the visitors ahead from a corner, but Argyle are two points above the drop zone as Albert Adomah turned the ball into his own net.
Charlton extended their unbeaten run to 12 games as they celebrated their longest streak in nearly 13 years with a 2-2 League One draw against Wigan.
In the 20th minute, Alfie May pressed for an opener and he caused Wigan captain Charlie Hughes to slice a clearance up and over goalkeeper Sam Tickle and into his own net.
Wigan had been second best but turned the game on its head just after the hour mark. First – in the 62nd minute – Charlie Kelman touched home to equalise after on-loan Fulham winger Martial Godo’s deflected shot fell his way.
Four minutes later, Kelman completed his brace via a close-range shot which deflected off Macaulay Gillesphey.
But 11 minutes from time, Charlton hit back through substitute Chuks Aneke, who headed home from a George Dobson cross.
It is now just one victory in six for the Latics, who have not won away from home in nearly two months.
Charlton, meanwhile, look a different side under Nathan Jones and moved up to 14th as a result.
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